††††† NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS
194A.050(1) authorizes the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
to adopt and administer administrative regulations necessary under state laws
to protect, develop, and maintain the welfare and sufficiency of individual
citizens of the Commonwealth. KRS 164.2847(3) requires the Cabinet for Health
and Family Services, upon the request of a public postsecondary education
institution, to confirm the eligibility status under KRS 164.2847(1), of a
student seeking to participate in the tuition waiver program. This
administrative regulation establishes a procedure for administrative hearings
and criteria pertaining to the release of foster or adoption status information.

††††† (a) Completing a form, the DPP-333, Tuition
Waiver for Foster and Adopted Children; and

††††† (b) Presenting the DPP-333 to a public
postsecondary institution.

††††† (2) Upon the request of a public postsecondary
institution, designated cabinet staff shall return the completed DPP-333 to the
requesting institution within thirty (30) working days from the date of
receipt.

††††† (3) The confidentiality of information shall be
maintained in accordance with KRS 199.570 and 620.050 regarding release of information.

††††† (4) The cabinet shall maintain an active file of
a studentís completed DPP-333 for five (5) years from the date of the student's
initial request.

††††† (5) A student who transfers to another
institution, or who has not been enrolled continuously at the same institution,
shall complete a new DPP-333.

††††† Section 3. Service Appeal. An applicant who is
determined ineligible for a tuition waiver by the cabinet shall have access to
an administrative hearing in accordance with 922 KAR 1:320.